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[aetherweaver]

[There's a vaguely British-sounding voice emitting from the journals, and those who recognize Nara'a will note it's not his usual calm tone.]

Would anyone, anyone like to explain what in the hells just happened? 'Oh, the town or the spaceship or the book closing sound?' All of it.

[He takes a breath, lets it out.]

Right. Everyone back here? All appendages accounted for?

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[angel_of_baal]

I think no one envies my father his position. I certainly don't. But he says that those who are capable are called--we must do for mankind what we have the power to do. [Not the greatest father? Guilty. Corrupt, though? No.]

[aetherweaver]

‘To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom - it is indolence’, or so the grandfather of some of my closest friends once said. And the former leader of our order would say ‘for those we have lost, for those we can yet save’. Waiting around and doing nothing only harms people.

Some of us are given gifts that can help others. Only someone heartless would turn away from using them - and even then, I’ve seen the heartless reverse course.

[Not always entirely, but…]

[angel_of_baal]

That is my father's counsel. We all...do our best. But as we are not him, it is not easy for many of us. [Then again, if it were easy, it would not be edifying.]

[aetherweaver]

Of course it’s not easy. Would it be worth doing if it wasn’t?